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>> we have hospitals wanted to get started. >> they did it by writing fewer prescriptions, getting addicted patients on therapy medication and treating pain at the source point by not sending narcotics through the bloodstream. also letting the patient know. >> were going to treat your pain with a different approach. >> the communication piece has gotten out there i let the people know that we have alternatives. >> sometimes alternatives don't work in the traditional route must be taken. >> we've given them the knowledge that there are other options. >> this cost very little, doctors say many p...

>> we have hospitals wanted to get started. >> they did it by writing fewer prescriptions, getting addicted patients on therapy medication and treating pain at the source point by not sending narcotics through the bloodstream. also letting the patient know. >> were going to treat your pain with a different approach. >> the communication piece has gotten out there i let the people know that we have alternatives. >> sometimes alternatives don't work in the traditional route must be taken. >> we've given them the knowledge that there are other options. >> this cost very little, doctors say many p...

Really gotten out there. letting people know we have alternatives and they don't have to be afraid to come in. >> participants acknowledged times when alternatives don't work and the traditional route must be taken. >> we have at least given them the knowledge that there are other options. >> this is the country's first large-scale opioid research effort that's focused on hospital emergency departments. it cost very little. doctors say many people who become addicted don't start with their own prescriptions but rather left over unused drugs that are in the home. bret. >> bret: licia, thank you...